The Pacific Part 3 & 4 - Full Reaction
Added 2021-05-16 02:40:22 +0000 UTCHey guys! Here's the full reaction to Part 3 & 4!
I have a new camera/mic so hopefully the quality is a bit better for you.
These are difficult to sync with your own copy as HBO Max has a historical intro that they play before the actual start of the episode, so I've added some non-blurred portions of the beginning of the episode so you can visually sync it up. Sorry for the trouble.
As always, thanks for being and thanks for the support.
PS: The Two Towers will be out later tonight!
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Comments
Part 3 -"I'm a foreigner on your shores, forgive my ignorance of your customs." -Apparently, the head writer Bruce McKenna noted, "The 1st Marine Division spent more time in Australia than Easy Company did in Europe." Part 4 "No wonder you guys don't talk about Guadalcanal, you didn't do anything. Apparently, John Basilone did everything.... Haha. Now he's back home selling bonds and dicking blonds." "They murdered sleep." Is that based on Shakespeare's "Macbeth hath murdered sleep!” They killed peace. No rest. Insomnia. "For the record, Doc, I was a freshman in high school when my mom stopped breastfeeding me. Do you see that as a problem?"
Clay F
2024-01-22 06:55:03 +0000 UTCCassie, this series makes me think of my next door neighbor when I was growing up. His name was Terry, and I remember him as a 78-80 year old man who used to run in marathons for the fun of it. He'd served in the Pacific at Guadalcanal , Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the other major battles of the war in that theater as well. I remember that one day my dad asked him, "Terry, where did you learn to run like that?" Terry smiled and said "Iwo Jima".....LOL
Tipper1994
2021-08-22 22:24:51 +0000 UTCCassie, I think you asked why they were still on the island when the Japanese left. The Marines had to wait for the Army to show up and relieve them. They couldn’t leave the island unoccupied or the Japanese would come back and take control so they were waiting for the Army to land and secure the island before they could depart.
Catherine LW
2021-05-20 17:36:24 +0000 UTCThe boots were new and poorly made, which is why their feet were ruined from that march. Leckie wrote that they longed for the buckskin boots with crepe soles which rotted off their feet at Guadalcanal. At least they were comfortable.
Catherine LW
2021-05-20 16:30:28 +0000 UTCGreat reaction Cassie You asked why aren't the Marines happier when they arrive in Australia? Because they just go out of war, they just watched their friends die and they can't just turn that off. They need time. Why aren't some Australian servicemen nice to them? This is because the Americans boys are taking the gorgeous Australian women. It's an alpha male power struggle. This might have been lost on you, but when Sgt Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Commanding General saluted him. Not the other way around. That's a big deal, which is a continued tradition of Medal of Honor winners which started long before World War 2. There's no regulation that everyone salutes a MoH winner regardless of rank, but this is something that is done out of respect. I left the Army as a Captain but if I met a Private rank MoH winner, I'd salute him. A selfless Soldier he/she is. Sores on the feet - this is from training and ruck marching with full gear. They usually don't really hurt until the day after. Pvt. Leckie getting demoted taking guard duty while drunk - the Lieutenant sending him to batallion was a demotion in job but not in rank. When Leckie was drunk on duty, he "quit" his post (to keep your post until properly relieved is a standard General Order) and then pulled a pistol on an Officer. That is a terrible thing to do, especially back then. Hence, you get sent to Batallion support staff. That sucks. A Lieutenant in my unit got drunk and started calling Sergeants' wives. He was relieved of his platoon the next morning and sent to Batallion staff. You asked why they're taking these islands - they need to get closer to Japan so they can bomb it. Taking these islands also keeps the Japanese from using them. This was coined "island hopping". The scene when Pvt. Leckie was given an incindiary grenade - he would know to use it when he saw Japanese charging from where the Americans were positioned. That would mean his friends were overrun. At that point, he would then burn the CP (Command Post) with the incindiary grenade and die fighting or run. Why would the Japanese needlessly attack - this is related to the Japanese tradition of Bushido which dates back to Samurai times. That death is far more honorable than to live and be defeated. To live defeated was very shameful. Many of them instead of attacking, would commit ritual suicide (Seppuku). This way they would retain their honor as well. The pistol that Leckie had was an 8mm Nambu. This was a weapon that traditionally only Japanese Officers carried. It was a highly desirable war trophy which was why the Army doctor was interested in it. Even today they are very collectible and you can buy them on GunBroker (if you're American 😂) Hope this answers your questions.
Brennan Shippert
2021-05-19 20:16:06 +0000 UTCThe one thing I didn’t like is that the series makes it seem like Basilone was the only Medal of Honor recipient from Guadalcanal. In the ceremony depicted, 5 Marines in total were given that particular medal. Many more, including some officers, would be awarded either the Bronze or Silver star. As to your point about, many of these men, including those of other generations, would cringe a bit if they were called heroes. “‘Grandpa were you a hero in the war?’ No, but I served in a Company of heroes” - Major Winters. “The heroes are the guys who are still over there. The guys who never made it home.” - Paraphrased from Hefron and Guarnere “I where this (Medal Of Honor) for all the guys who can’t.” - Pilot in the Vietnam War “The only reason I accepted it (the Medal of Honor) was so the story of my guys would have to be told whenever this medal was referred to. They were the heroes.” - Dakota Meyers We know these stories because of a desire to on the part of the families to know, or the veterans to keep the memory of their friends alive.
Jacob Mai
2021-05-16 22:47:23 +0000 UTCGK is pretty damn good. Heartbreaking, but not like the WWII heartbreak, more of a frustration heartbreak from the war machine that developed in the 1980's (the time when I was in.) The cast is phenomenal! That raspy voiced colonel is like Kilgore from apocalypse now in character. The driver, plays a high school debate team guy from Missouri ( where I grew up) and is just exactly what the story needs. The failure of the officer corps is also typical, and heartbreaking.
Jon Johns
2021-05-16 20:56:06 +0000 UTCLeckie wrote about a girl named Sheila, whose parents let him stay at their home and Sheila sneaked into his bed. They had an affair but she wasn’t Greek. I sometimes wonder if “Sheila” was a made up name to protect her identity, as Sheila is also an Australian generic term for “girl”. Leckie had issues with authority, it seems. He was always mocking in his description of officers and even some NCOs in his book. He used nicknames such as “Lieutenant Ivy League” or “Corporal Smoothface” to refer to them. I think part of the problem was he was very intelligent and frequently saw the stupidity in military bureaucracy, as well as occasionally viewed some of his officers as incompetent or tyrannical. Lt. Larkin, who stole his Japanese chest and pistol was one of those tyrannical jerks Leckie despised. Hoosier (Bill Smith) is the blonde guy who offered to buy Leckie’s pistol. Gibson is the blonde guy who strangled the dying Japanese officer, and later we see he loses it. You ask about Eugene Sledge. Episode 5 is when his story arc in combat begins. He will be the focus of the series going forward, and the war with the Japanese will intensify.
Catherine LW
2021-05-16 16:21:54 +0000 UTCThis is why I love The Pacific. They really do a good job of showing the psychological impact on the Marines during and after the battles. It’s hard to think about how some of the survivors never truly came back after the war. The quote by Sledge’s father sums it all up perfectly. Looking forward to episode 5 and 6 😁
Josh Phillips
2021-05-16 11:41:12 +0000 UTCYou said that they were making another one of these to cover the Army Air Corps (the precursor to the Air Force), but I think the logical next step when you finish The Pacific is to HBO’s last war-chronicle adaptation, Generation Kill. GK covers the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 by the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the 1st Marine Division through the eyes of a Rolling Stone reporter that was embedded with 1st Recon. It provides a startling, but accurate, contrast to the mindsets and the differences in war from what we call the Greatest Generation to the warfighters of today.
Charles
2021-05-16 09:09:58 +0000 UTCIm glad you have a new camera, and you shift it around, screen small, you big.. much better my opinion.
R.BGames37
2021-05-16 06:47:07 +0000 UTCGuys, I uploaded the wrong version of this 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. I'm reuploading now. You can still watch part 3, but part 4 has me muffled......
Cassie
2021-05-16 04:13:13 +0000 UTC
